Grayson restores school days, salaries

Federal funding will allow county schools to pay teachers for five days that had been cut from year.

By Landmark News Service

Friday, November 5, 2010 at 4:04 pm

INDEPENDENCE — Five instructional days for students and related salaries for school employees were restored to Grayson County Public Schools’ 2010-11 school year after the school system received $546,000 in federal assistance.

The federal Education Jobs Fund legislation provided $249 million to the state of Virginia, with Grayson receiving $546,000 to be used within a two-year period of time, said schools’ Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Thomas.

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